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The New Masculinity & Mental Health: a 21-point pledge

Mental Health

Time to draw a line: old school men mocking mental illness vs modern men dealing with it.

At The Book of Man we want to dismantle old school manliness and push for a New Masculinity. A big part of this is about changing attitudes to behaviours which have in the past been considered unmanly, feminine, weak. Mental Health issues have fallen into this bracket, the preserve of sissies, or snowflakes, if you live in America and call yourself Buck.

When there are alarming statistics such as 32% of UK adults have had suicidal thoughts, it’s important to seek active change. Because there is a huge problem in this country. And part of the problem is in the way mental health has been regarded, which prevents people seeking help. Men specifically are often guilty of hiding problems away, purely because of those old school attitudes of impenetrable manliness passed down from, well, not that long ago actually – the 50s. When corporate and societal lines were drawn up post-war and the men were sent out to stoically graft while the women stayed home to weep.

Such ideas still linger. Fear of ridicule, of losing face, of being out of control, holds men back and exacerbates the problem.

Therefore, as part of our aim to help create a New Masculinity, here is The Book of Man’s 21-point pledge for change. Do share or like to endorse it.

The New Masculinity mental health pledge:

If we suspect we have a mental illness we must not pretend everything is OK.

If we find our lives are in some way affected by what we suspect is a mental health problem then we must not swallow it down, and stoically get on with things in the hope it just goes away.

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